Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Sanchez for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	# 274
VBR	# 889	# 303

Projections

Runs	11	16
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	8	17
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.245	.252

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 126	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 268

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	215

Runs	14	22

Hits	29	59

Singles	26	38

Doubles	1	14

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	7

RBI	11	29

Stolen Bases	6	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	10

Strikeouts	30	52

Batting Average	.330	.274

On Base Pct	.410	.316

Slugging Pct	.398	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	79	121

Runs	11	16

Hits	19	30

Singles	14	19

Doubles	3	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	8	17

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	11

Strikeouts	22	31

Batting Average	.245	.252

On Base Pct	.312	.317

Slugging Pct	.366	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.744

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
News
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jesus Sanchez could be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	Jesus Sanchez will begin a rehab assignment for Low-A Dunedin on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez could begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	Jesus Sanchez is scheduled to hit against live pitching on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Samad Taylor went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Padres 6-2 win over the Reds on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jesus Sanchez resumed running and hitting on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			Jesus Sanchez LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Sanchez for Samad Taylor (2026)

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